Original Word: ἐνώπιονPart of Speech: AdverbTransliteration: enópiosPhonetic Spelling: (en-o'-pee-on)Short Definition: before the face of, in the presence ofDefinition: before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of.

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1799enṓpion – literally, "in the eye (of God)," used for how all things happen under God's watch, i.e. in keeping with His plan built on His absolute knowledge.

ἐνώπιον, neuter of the adjective ἐνώπιος, ἐνώπιον (equivalent to ὁἐνὠπιὤν, one who is in sight,Theocritus, 22, 152; the Sept.Exodus 33:11; ἄρτοιἐνωπιοι, Exodus 25:29); used adverbially it gets the force of a preposition (Winers Grammar, § 54, 6; Buttmann, 319 (274)), and is joined with the genitive (hardly to be found so in any secular authors), before, in sight of anyone; time and again in the Sept. for בֲּעֵינֵי and לִפְנֵי, also for נֶגֶד and לְנֶגֶד; among N. T. writings used most frequently by Luke and the author of the Book of Revelation, but never by Matthew and Mark. It is used:

1. of occupied place: in that place which is before, or over against, opposite, anyone and toward which another turns his eyes;

b. metaphorically: πίστινἔχεἐνώπιοντοῦΘεοῦ, have faith satisfied with this that it is not hidden from the sight of God, Romans 14:22; ἁμαρτάνεινἐνώπιοντίνος (see ἁμαρτάνω at the end), Luke 15:18, 21; especially in affirmations, oaths, adjurations: ἐνώπιοντοῦΘεοῦ, τοῦκυρίου, etc., Galatians 1:20; 1 Timothy 5:21; 1 Timothy 6:13; 2 Timothy 2:14; 2 Timothy 4:1. Hence, those are said to do something in the presence of one who have him present to their thought, who set him before their mind's eye: προωρώμην (πρωρωμηνLTTrWH) τόνκύριονἐνώπιονμου, Acts 2:25; ταπεινοῦσθαιἐνώπιοντοῦκυρίου, James 4:10 (Sir. 2:17).

d.before the eyes of one, i. e. if he turns his eyes thither: Hebrews 4:13 (where οὐκἀφανήςἐνώπιοναὐτοῦ is explained by the following γυμνά ... τοῖςὀφθαλμοῖςαὐτοῦ; cf. Job 26:6γυμνόςὁᾅδηςἐνώπιοναὐτοῦ, before his look, to his view).